The roof, Saturday afternoon

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude was building something. He was determined to show Se . . . people that he wasn't just a clumsy screw-up. He was good at stuff, too. He had a shelf of trophies at home, he really did. Just what he was good at usually required a mall, a half-pipe, or a flat straight-away to really get impressive.

He was building the next best thing.

[[Full of openy goodness, yis.]]

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[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John walked up to the roof to do some testing, and saw Jude McSnore. "Yo."

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude would like to point out that he is Polish, not Irish. Snoreski would be lovely, thanks.

"Duuuuude," Jude greeted him mellowly, popping up from behind a rapidly growing ramp.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Dude," John said to Snorski. "Suicide ramp?" he said, gesturing to the ramp. "You'll catch some killer air up here."

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude chuckled. "That's the point, bro. Haven't quite done a six-story building before, but I think with the proper wind conditions I might land it and only break half the bones in my body."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"So the goal is to not die while skateboarding? Why not try the parachute method, or put this thing on the ground, Evel Knievel." The best thing to hope for is those relatively soft bushes...

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

"I would be building on the ground but I didn't know where to put it so I wouldn't piss people off." Jude looked momentarily bummed. "Sometimes I miss the mall. Consumerism makes the best obstacle course."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John agrees. Consumerism leads to invention, and invention leads to robots, and robots lead to death.

"Why don't you just stake some territory? 'I Proclaim This Land To Be DudeDom' and build it there?"

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude chuckled. Mellowly, of course.

"Maybe I will. Dunno. Not like I really need a course or a ramp really badly. No big curbjams coming up. Can't work on my speed trials anyways." He looked sheepish. "It's just really fun."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Tried the Danger Room? It's a bit safer than ollying off 6 floors. Plus," John poked the ramp a bit, "you could try different designs. This could use some reinforcements here and here," he pointed, "to use heavier things, like motorcycles."

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

"Danger Room?" Jude asked. He glanced at his ramp. "But I don't want it to use heavier things. I just want to skateboard."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Danger room. Big room, set up to do like hard holograms or whatever. Used for some classes and Detentions. Hell, you could even set it up like a mall, with people even. Or a dirt track for motorbikes."

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude looked intrigued. "Cool. Who would I have to ask to get to use it?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John stopped poking around at the building materials. "That's a good question. I don't know, anymore, what with everyone leaving. Someone in Admin, I suppose. But you could make it build the biggest mall you've ever seen, with ramps and loop-de-doos. Or a motocross track."